Croatia has 3rd Highest Number of Smokers in EU

Croatia has the third highest number of smokers in the European Union, according to a Eurobarometer study released on World No Tobacco Day yesterday…

The report shows that Greece (38%) has the most number of smokers in the EU, followed by Bulgaria (35%) in second place, Croatia (33%) in third, and France (32%) in fourth spot. At the other end of the list, Sweden was top with just 11% smokers, Finland(19%), Malta (20%), and Luxembourg and Italy 21%.

More and more people however are quitting in the EU. Trends show that smoking in all EU member states had dropped from 28% to 26%. The largest drop was recorded among those in the 15-24 age group (-4%). The report revealed that Europeans start smoking on average at just over 17 years of age.

The World Health Organisation first launched the World No Tobacco Day on 1988.